Kevin Machayya is a 15-year veteran of Microsoft and Great Plains Software. He has held various roles in technical support, customer service, and sales operations. For the last 11 years, Kevin has focused on the Microsoft Dynamics partner channel through partner account management, readiness, marketing, resourcing/staffing and development programs.
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Plan to start off the New Year on the right path by joining us for the inaugural Microsoft Dynamics Sales Professional Community (SPC) call for 2012.
Leverage Convergence 2012 to close your prospect or existing customer sale. By attending this call led by Heather Kulla, Group Marketing Manager – Microsoft Dynamics, you will learn what's new at Convergence, different opportunities for you to leverage, and the agenda of the week. This is a can't miss session!
We’ll let you catch up on business the first week back in the office after the holidays, so plan to attend this call on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 11:00AM PT.
Also, don’t forget, be sure to register for Convergence 2012 by January 25, 2012 to take advantage of early registration savings. Planning is in full swing and we have a great executive keynoters on tap. Kirill Tatarinov, President of Microsoft Business Solutions Division and Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Corporation, will share the keynote stage at Convergence 2012 on Monday, March 19 to share their vision and insight on the latest trends, technologies and strategies.
Sign up for this SPC web seminar via the Partner Learning Center, and learn more about the Sales Professional Community on PartnerSource.
--Kevin
Once again, Nigel Frank International is conducting their annual Microsoft Dynamics salary survey. Complete the survey and gain access to the complete compiled results. With the demand for Microsoft Dynamics technical and non-technical professional very high, this is a great time to share your input and receive insight into the latest industry trends.
About the Microsoft Dynamics Salary Survey
The Microsoft Dynamics Salary Survey has been conducted for the past 3 years in its current form and receives over 6,000 responses each year. The annual Microsoft Dynamics Salary Survey report is highly revered by Microsoft Dynamics professionals as it provides them with the most in-depth insight into the salaries, opinions and demographics of their counterparts worldwide. This year’s report is to be revealed for the first time at Convergence 2012.
To take the short survey, click here.
3/28/2012 UPDATE - COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
As our partner readiness team explains, here is a great opportunity to boost your skills and knowledge of the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. This is a one-day course, but we are giving you the option of two dates to attend in April at the Microsoft Technology Center in Minneapolis, MN.
What is Connector?
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics helps customers who are using Microsoft Dynamics CRM (either online or on-premise) integrate it with their Microsoft Dynamics ERP solution. Out of the box, we provide you with baseline integrations that will help you move customer information, inventory and pricing information and sales order between the two systems. Using a web service to web service integration on a scheduled basis, the data moves seamlessly between the two solutions, helping you keep the two systems in sync. Plus, it's easy to modify the baseline integrations to better match how you do business. You can easily synchronize additional fields, adjust the length of time between schedules, or do deeper modifications using the Connector SDK.
What will be covered?
Integrated Microsoft Dynamics sales messaging along with the opportunities that an integrated stack provides. We’ll answer questions on strategy and give real-world examples of how selling the integrated Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP stack can work for you. We will also be covering the roadmap for Connector as well as licensing.
Take an in-depth look at Connector while being guided through a complete end-to-end analysis, installation, configuration, initial data-sync, and continuing maintenance experience in a hands-on lab environment. This section will give you the opportunity to interact with the product and get your questions answered in real-time.
Who should attend?
This session will be geared towards Sales, Pre-Sales, Business Analyst, and System Implementers.
Register to attend this event on the Partner Learning Center.
Here’s an exciting new resource now available from the Microsoft Dynamics AX product marketing team.
According to the team, this presentation provides you with an overview of the new BI capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2. Two demo scripts help demonstrate the new capabilities by showcasing how a CFO can gain instant business insights and how combining internal and external data can help make faster, smarter decisions.
The presentation also includes links to useful resources such as demo videos and scripts, the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 solution demo package and the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 BI white paper.
Download the presentation from PartnerSource.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM TDM deck is an all-encompassing presentation providing a technical overview of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Further sections within the deck drill into specific topics that contain detailed technical information needed for influencing the technical audience. This deck is targeted at Technical Decision Makers (popularly known as TDM or ITDM).
Download the deck from PartnerSource.
You are invited to join Microsoft Dynamics Operations on April 17 at 11:00AM PT for an important Live Meeting event. Session topics include:
· Improvements to tools, systems and processes · Microsoft SQL Server Runtime - Licensing Updates to Existing Customer Accounts · Inner Circle and Presidents Club and Key Messages from Convergence · Promotions, Tips and Important Reminders
The Dynamics Hour offers partners a monthly training opportunity where subject matter experts deep dive on one or two Operational topics. Register for this or other operational training events or see past recordings on PartnerSource.
If you are seeking demonstration materials for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, look no further as Jay Manley from the Microsoft Dynamics GP product management team was happy to announce the availability of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 RTM V1 Hyper-V image set.
Per Jay, a little about the image:
· Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 RTM Code with Web Client deployed
· Management Reporter 2012 with Web Viewer deployed
· Office 2013 with demo dashboards installed
· And Dynemo – our fantastic Dynamics Demo Engine to help drive your successful demonstrations!
Download the image sets from PartnerSource.
Our Industry Architect team shares information regarding an upcoming web seminar.
In this web seminar, we will provide an overview of the new starter kit available for building Windows 8 Store apps powered by Microsoft Dynamics AX. Discover what the starter kit offers to help developers build beautiful touch first applications for Windows 8 that build upon the agility of Microsoft Dynamics AX. Take a walk through a day in the life of a developer building a Windows 8 companion app for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Learn best practice design patterns focused around usability, integration, and security.
This web seminar will be held Friday, March 8 at 8:00AM PT. Please register to attend via the Partner Learning Center.
As we approach end of FY13 Q3 we have an exciting new Microsoft Dynamics AX offer that will help our partners drive additional revenue to close out the quarter.
Now, for a limited time, Microsoft Dynamics AX can help your customers accelerate their business performance with BOGO Boost offer! When customers buy one Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Enterprise CAL, they get one Functional CAL FREE. And there is no maximum to the number of licenses they can buy with this special offer! Customers can deploy one or several business scenarios, tackling their most urgent needs first, and add functionality when they're ready with "instant-on" capabilities.
The offer is effective March 1, 2013 through June 20, 2013. Minimum initial order of 30 Enterprise CALs.
Both new and existing customers are eligible for this offer. Please visit PartnerSource to find marketing collateral as well as the complete Terms & Conditions.
Customers and prospects can also find more information about the offer here.
Our United States Microsoft Dynamics Partner Team is excited to announce the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Industry Summit 2.0. Come together to build stronger industry connections amongst Microsoft and your peers!
The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Industry Summit 2.0 will be held February 11 – 14, 2013, at the beautiful Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Building upon the momentum and feedback from last year’s industry summit, we are also adding an emphasis on role based training by industry.
By attending this course, you will gain:
· Role-based skills transfer on Industry priorities, insights, tools, and resources
· Insights for partners on deeper vertical strategy
· Knowledge and connection points for ISV solutions that complete Microsoft Dynamics AX solutions for industry and/or vertical
· Unlimited Microsoft-to-Partner AND Partner-to-Partner collaboration
For specific details including registration information and sponsorship opportunities, please visit PartnerSource.
In addition, the Advanced Presales Workshop will bookend the event. Learn more.